PCL Oklahoma City Comets

Aces Win Over Dodgers

July 29, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release


The Reno Aces scored six runs between the sixth and seventh innings, leading the way to an 8-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers Saturday night at Greater Nevada Field, snapping the Dodgers' 12-game road winning streak. The game was scoreless through three innings before Ryan Ward hit a home run to give the Dodgers (17-9/67-32) the lead at 1-0. The Aces (11-15/55-46) scored twice with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning to go in front. The Dodgers tied the game on a Kole Calhoun sacrifice fly in the fifth inning and went ahead on a Michael Busch RBI single in the sixth inning. However, the Aces scored three runs in the both the sixth and seventh innings, totaling six runs, six hits, five extra-base hits and two home runs during that time. With Reno ahead, 5-3, in the seventh inning, the Dodgers committed an error with two outs, and Ali Sánchez immediately followed with a three-run homer.

Of Note:

-With Saturday's loss, OKC's Bricktown era-record 12-game road winning streak came to an end. It was the team's first road loss in over a month, with their last defeat away from Oklahoma City June 28 at Sugar Land. It was also just the team's second loss in their last 17 road games...The loss also snapped the team's six-game overall win streak.

-Ryan Ward went 2-for-4 and hit his 12th home run of the season. During the current series, Ward is now 7-for-17.

-Michael Busch went 2-for-5 with a RBI. He's now hit safely in six straight games, going 12-for-27 (.444) with eight RBI. Busch has now reached base in 24 consecutive games for the longest active streak by an OKC player and second-longest active streak in the PCL. During the streak, Busch is 32-for-101 (.317) with 14 extra-base hits, 25 RBI and 18 walks.

-Kole Calhoun went 0-for-4 with a sacrifice fly, ending a had a nine-game hitting streak. During the streak, Calhoun went 16-for-39 (.410) with eight extra-base hits and 12 RBI.

-The Dodgers collected at least 10 hits for the fourth time in five games, and now have 67 hits over their first five games in Reno. However, the team went just 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base.

-OKC has homered in 14 of the last 16 games, with 23 total home runs during that span.

-After starting the game 0-for-11 with three walks, the Aces then went 9-for-22 with seven extra-base hits thereafter. It's the third time this season an opponent has had seven or more extra-base hits in one game and the first time since May 7 at El Paso, when the Chihuahuas registered eight extra-base hits.

What's Next: The Dodgers finish their series in Reno at 3:05 p.m. CT Sunday at Greater Nevada Field. Live radio coverage of each OKC Dodgers game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.

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